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不要在一棵樹上吊死
简 不要在一棵树上吊死 · 繁 不要在一棵樹上吊死Mandarin · pinyin bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
Meanings
- don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
Characters in this entry
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 要
- yào · necessary, essential; necessity
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 棵
- kē · numerary adjunct for trees
- 樹
- shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 吊
- diào · condole, mourn, pity; hang
- 死
- sǐ · die; dead; death
- 树
- shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
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4–4–4–1–1–4–4–4–3 · bu4 yao4 zai4 yi1 ke1 shu4 shang4 diao4 si3
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